Computer Animation Arts

The fascinating thing about the relationship between 3D modelling and 3D printing is the latter's ability to give tangible presence to the non-real world frontiers of the former - and here, sinuous, rather menacing architecture is manifested physically from computer-generated algorithms.  The result is part-Giger, part haunted house - a baroque, gothic fantasia!  Digital Grotesque . Printing Architecture from Digital Grotesque on Vimeo .

"This short animated experiment of a seemingly CG bear climbing stairs is garnering a lot of attention on the Internet because it’s actually a CG bear printed as 50 separate 3-D models and then animated in stop motion. The bear was produced as a collaboration between two London-based companies: design firm DBLG and animation studio Blue Zoo ... Rather than using 3-D printing to create organic-looking models a la Laika, DBLG and Blue Zoo printed models that retain their low-poly CG appearance. The slight imperfections in the 3D printing and filming processes give the animation an indescribable warmth that can be felt by the viewer while still retaining the mathematical accuracy of CG animation...'   More at  cartoonbrew.com